As the World Cup draws closer with each passing day, the soccer dreams of South Africa's children get bigger and brighter. We use the Dreams Unlimited fund to get new projects started and to finish off dreams that just need a little extra.

To date, 720 teams across the country have benefited from DreamBags – among the most recent those who attended the first Central City. With the ten schools playing against each other to determine the ultimate girls and boys championship teams of the day (won by Laser sponsored Nobantu Girls and Marconi Beam Boys respectively), each match was enthusiastically cheered on by representatives from the sponsors – for many a ‘first-time’ experience to witness the joy that support of this nature could bring to the lives of young soccer fans – particularly those from disadvantaged communities.

Team sponsors (and their schools) included the Cape Town International Convention Centre Kenmere Girls), Cape Town Partnership and CCID (Zeekoeivlei Boys and Lotus River Boys), Century City and Crystal Towers (Marconi Beam Boys and Girls), Claremont Improvement District Company (Red River Boys), Growthpoint Properties (Mvula Girls), Old Mutual (Factreton Girls), The Laser Group (Nobantu Girls), and Webber Wentzel Attorneys (Wingfield Girls).

The Dreamfields Project is a section-21 company — not for profit — was launched in October 2007 as an efficient way that reaches the most remote corners of our country. “We believe soccer is a team game, and teams build better schools — so we provide DreamBags, full sets of kit, to schools across the country. We believe people love sharing, and so we stage DreamEvents to celebrate the spirit of soccer. And we believe that lasting change must transform the places where children play — and so we are helping to restore soccer fields wherever we can”, says John Perlman, CEO of the Dreamfields Project.

Laser sponsored a DreamBag to Nobantu Girls, who as stated above, won the DeamFields championship on the day. Their DreamBag, containing top quality  soccer balls, boots and Laser-branded and numbered shirts, shorts and socks. The inspiration provided by the DreamBag is priceless – a DreamBag transforms a group of shy youngsters into a confident team of ten-foot-tall footballers.